In the US state of North Carolina, the sound of chainsaws brings hope as faith-based workers clear roads
United States RNS In the days since Hurricane Helene swept through mostly rural areas of nine states, Kevin King, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, has been working to make plans for how to best respond, despite spotty phone service due to downed cell towers and roads and bridges that have been washed out or […]
Rescuers scour North Carolina mountains for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene
Asheville, North Carolina, US Reuters Search-and-rescue teams who have already saved hundreds of people scoured the mountains of western North Carolina for more survivors on Tuesday, working amid washed-out roads, smashed bridges and felled power lines following Hurricane Helene. The storm has killed at least 162 people in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee […]
Hundreds still missing in devastated North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
Reuters Western North Carolina residents faced a “post-apocalyptic” landscape on Monday in the wake of hurricane Helene, with hundreds of people still missing and residents struggling amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services. More than 100 deaths across a half-dozen states have been attributed to the powerful storm that slammed into Florida’s Big […]
Hurricane Helene kills at least 90 in US; homes and memories washed away
Flat Rock, North Carolina Reuters The south-eastern US began a huge cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday and the death toll climbed towards 100 after Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions, destroyed roads and bridges and caused dramatic flooding from Florida to Virginia. The storm’s winds, rain and storm surge killed at least 90 […]
US south-east faces daunting task cleaning up from Helene; death toll rises to at least 43
Atlanta, US Reuters Authorities across a wide swath of the south-eastern United States faced the daunting task on Saturday of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful to hit the country, as the death toll continued to rise. At least 43 deaths were reported by late on Friday, and officials feared still […]
At least 33 dead as Helene cuts destructive path through south-eastern US
Atlanta, US Reuters Tropical Storm Helene brought life-threatening flooding to the Carolinas on Friday after leaving widespread destruction as a major hurricane in Florida and Georgia overnight that killed at least 33 people, swamped neighbourhoods and left more than four million homes and businesses without power. Helene hit Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful […]
Helene, now a major hurricane, menaces Florida with “unsurvivable” storm surge
Reuters Driving rain flooded roadways and closed down airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state’s panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline. The storm became a major Category 3 hurricane on Thursday afternoon with sustained winds near 193 kph, the National […]
Hurricane Helene may hit Florida as a “catastrophic” Category 4 storm
Reuters Hurricane Helene is forecast to rapidly strengthen and could hit Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, producing “catastrophic” winds of up to 251 km per hour, forecasters said. Helene entered the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and was expected to pick up strength from the gulf’s warm waters before making an expected […]